Effective colleague relationships depend upon ethical action paths which express changing values and define standards. (Editor/IR)

The characteristics, attitudes, and abilities of creative students are discussed. (CK)

Forty crying and 24 sleeping 2- to 3-day-old healthy, full-term newborns were given six interventions whichentailed contact and/or vestibular stimulation. Scores obtained on a six-point scale assessing levels of alertness imply that the vestibular stimulation which attends maternal caretaking activities is crucial, at least during the neonatal…

Tasks were mirror tracing and pursuit rotor. (AN)

Examines the development and conclusions of recent issues in linguistics, organized around the phonological and higher levels of language, the hypothesizes some of the implications they may have for reading instruction. Bibliography. (MD)

Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) and other instruments administered to 365 students, both undecided and in various interest fields, revealed several differences in cognitive style. No differences regarding cognitive style variations and VPI high-point codes or ease of vocational selection were observed. (Author/CJ)

The focus of the present experiments was to examine the effect of adapting the context of a presentation to a student's background. The results showed familiarity of context to be an influential factor in learning quantitative material. (Author/PN)

Rated the audio portions of videotaped segments of 32 dyadic interviews between A-type and B-type undergraduate males for accurate empathy using Truax's AE-Scale. Results indicated B-types elicited higher levels of empathy when they interacted with other B-types, while any dyad that contained an A-type resulted in less empathy. (JAC)

Surveyed 93 female college students and identified 32 (34%) as self-induced vomiters. Comparisons between the two groups showed considerable differences in feelings about eating habits, health habits, self, parents, and relationships with others. Vomiters had stronger feelings of being dominated by others. (JAC)

Tested two hypotheses derived from Korman's consistency model of work behavior using a sample of administrators (N=112). As predicted, those with high self-esteem experienced significantly greater need gratification. Self-esteem also significantly and positively moderated the relationship between need gratification and work satisfaction.…

Explored methodological limitations confronted by researchers who test theoretical statements using suicide data generated by public officials. Data pertaining to socioeconomic characteristics, religious preference, and factors influencing behavior are reported. The social worth criterion of the victim may influence the recording of suicide data.…